# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frits-schalij
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:50:45.374Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frits-schalij"
name: "Frits Schalij"
slug: "frits-schalij"
description: "Frits Schalij is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who was active between 1978 and 1987. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in the 1500 m and 5000 m and finished in 10th and 17th place, respectively. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the European allround championships in 1984 and 1985, respectively. Nationally, he finished second allround in 1982 and 1984 and third in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1986."
tagline: "Dutch speed skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frits_Schalij.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1957-08-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.669078666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Schalij"
    title: "Frits Schalij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Schalij"
    title: "Frits Schalij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Schalij"
    title: "Frits Schalij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Schalij"
    title: "Frits Schalij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Schalij"
    title: "Frits Schalij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Schalij"
    title: "Frits Schalij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338568"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump